Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya)

Respublikanskiy Sports Complex (RSC) Lokomotiv
Lokomotiv Stadium
Location	Simferopol, Ukraine
Coordinates	44°56′37″N 34°05′23″E
Opened	1967
Renovated	2004
Owner	SC Tavriya Simferopol
Surface	Grass
Capacity	19,978 (football)
Tenants
SC Tavriya Simferopol

Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya) is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of SC Tavriya Simferopol. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004.

The remarkable is the fact that the stadium was the base stadium during the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying. The stadium accepted two of the four games of the qualifying campaign with including national teams of Norway and Iceland. Both games gathered crowd of more than 30,000 people. One other game was played in Kiev and the other one in Moscow. Later November 15, 1989 the stadium also hosted a game of the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification against the national team of Turkey.

The stadium was one of the two Ukrainian-based home stadiums for the Soviet national football team. The other stadium was the Republican stadium in Kiev.

Results

October 29, 1986	Soviet Union	4 – 0	Norway	Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Howard King (WAL)
	Lytovchenko  26' Belanov  28' (p) Blokhin  33' Khidiyatullin  54'

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October 28, 1987	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Iceland	Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (POL)
	Belanov  15' Protasov  52'

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November 15, 1989	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Turkey	Lokomotiv Stadium, Simferopol Referee: Pauly (West Germany)
	Protasov  68', 79'